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Cheapest Places to Visit This Summer

Austin. Texas

With plenty of free access to lakes, hiking trails and parks, Austin is a prime summer vacation spot—not to mention home to a budget-friendly food truck scene, says Tyler Govaars, chief travel blogger at The Weekend Edit. Other frugal activities include catching sight of the largest urban bat colony in the nation as 1.5 million bats take flight at dusk from under the Congress Avenue Bridge and visiting Bartons Springs, a natural cold spring pool that's well worth the $3 entry fee.